The Economics of Sustainability: Production, Prices, and Policies in the Manupali Watershed, Bukidnon, Philippines

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Details

Project Code:
P6-I

Start Date:
March 1994

End Date:
July 1997

CRSP Phase:
Phase 1

Budget:
Not Available

Countries:

Participants

Lead University:

Other Partners:
Department of Agricultural Economics; Central Mindanao University Musuan, Bukidnon; Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bukidnon Provincial Office Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Bureau ofAgricultural Statistics Region 10 Office Cagayan de Oro City, Department of Agricultural Economics; Central Mindanao University Musuan, Bukidnon; Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bukidnon Provincial Office Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Bureau ofAgricultural Statistics Region 10 Office Cagayan de Oro City, Department of Agricultural Economics; Central Mindanao University Musuan, Bukidnon; Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bukidnon Provincial Office Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Bureau ofAgricultural Statistics Region 10 Office Cagayan de Oro City, Department of Agricultural Economics; Central Mindanao University Musuan, Bukidnon; Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bukidnon Provincial Office Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Bureau ofAgricultural Statistics Region 10 Office Cagayan de Oro City, Department of Agricultural Economics; Central Mindanao University Musuan, Bukidnon; Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bukidnon Provincial Office Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Bureau ofAgricultural Statistics Region 10 Office Cagayan de Oro City, Department of Agricultural Economics; Central Mindanao University Musuan, Bukidnon; Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bukidnon Provincial Office Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Bureau ofAgricultural Statistics Region 10 Office Cagayan de Oro City, Department of Agricultural Economics; Central Mindanao University Musuan, Bukidnon; Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bukidnon Provincial Office Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Bureau ofAgricultural Statistics Region 10 Office Cagayan de Oro City, Department of Agricultural Economics; Central Mindanao University Musuan, Bukidnon; Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bukidnon Provincial Office Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Bureau ofAgricultural Statistics Region 10 Office Cagayan de Oro City, Department of Agricultural Economics; Central Mindanao University Musuan, Bukidnon; Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bukidnon Provincial Office Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Bureau ofAgricultural Statistics Region 10 Office Cagayan de Oro City, Department of Agricultural Economics; Central Mindanao University Musuan, Bukidnon; Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bukidnon Provincial Office Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Bureau ofAgricultural Statistics Region 10 Office Cagayan de Oro City, Department of Agricultural Economics; Central Mindanao University Musuan, Bukidnon; Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bukidnon Provincial Office Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Bureau ofAgricultural Statistics Region 10 Office Cagayan de Oro City, Department of Agricultural Economics; Central Mindanao University Musuan, Bukidnon; Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bukidnon Provincial Office Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Bureau ofAgricultural Statistics Region 10 Office Cagayan de Oro City, Department of Agricultural Economics; Central Mindanao University Musuan, Bukidnon; Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bukidnon Provincial Office Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Bureau ofAgricultural Statistics Region 10 Office Cagayan de Oro City, Department of Agricultural Economics; Central Mindanao University Musuan, Bukidnon; Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bukidnon Provincial Office Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Bureau ofAgricultural Statistics Region 10 Office Cagayan de Oro City, Department of Agricultural Economics; Central Mindanao University Musuan, Bukidnon; Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bukidnon Provincial Office Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Bureau ofAgricultural Statistics Region 10 Office Cagayan de Oro City, Department of Agricultural Economics; Central Mindanao University Musuan, Bukidnon; Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bukidnon Provincial Office Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Bureau ofAgricultural Statistics Region 10 Office Cagayan de Oro City

Principal Investigator(s):
Ian Coxhead; Agnes C. Rola

Co-Principal Investigator(s):
None

Overview

Production, technology and investment decisions by farmers are the immediate causes of most agricultural land degradation in the uplands of developing countries. An appreciation of how farmers’ decisions are reached requires a clear understanding not only of local institutional and geographic constraints, but also of how markets operate to create a setting conducive to, or discouraging of, soil conservation. Our project aims to contribute to such an understanding, and to suggest policy and program changes leading to more sustainable use of land resources in watersheds like the Manupali.

Objectives

1. Identify and monitor land use, technology, and resource management strategies employed by farmers in Lantapan. 2. Assess how institutions, culture, prices and markets influence farmers' decisions regarding crop choice, technology and resource management. 3. Analyze market structure and sources of price formation (within the watershed, the province or the national/international economy) for major crops, inputs, labor and credit. 4. Identify key government policies affecting farmers' incentives to adopt, or retard adoption, of environmentally sustainable technologies, and the likely economic and environmental implications of changes in these policies.

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